Sage Ni'Ja Whitson is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, writer and the founder/artistic director of The NWA Project. Whitson is non-binary and gender non-conforming, and uses the pronouns they/them.
A Bessie-Award-winning interdisciplinary artist, performer and writer, Whitson has been referred to as "majestic" and "magnetic" by The New York Times, and is recognized by Brooklyn Magazine as being one of the 100 culture influencers. Awards include a Hedgebrook Residency, LMCC Process Space Residency, Bogliasco Fellowship, Brooklyn Arts Exchange Artist Residency, and two-time Creative Capital "On Our Radar" award, including being an inaugural recipient.
Whitson is a professor in the Department of Black Study at the University of California, Riverside.